Posts Tagged ‘photography’
Eyeball camera zooms, zooms, zooms
NORTHWESTERN / U. ILLINOIS (US) — The first curvilinear camera may resemble the human eye, but it does something the eye can’t: it zooms. Continue…
Friday, January 21, 2011 13:44 - 3 Comments
Science & Technology - Oct 28, 2010 13:01 - 0 Comments
Fruit fly embryo in focus
U. SHEFFIELD (US) — This image of a fruit fly embryo was taken when it was only 20 hours old and about the size of a needle’s eye. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 20, 2009 16:53 - 1 Comment
Geo-maps help preserve Egyptian tombs
PENN STATE (US)—Photography and detailed geological mapping may help curators protect ancient Egyptian tombs, some of which lie on fracture traces that are natural entry points for water—and potential flood damage. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 17, 2009 19:58 - 5 Comments
Photo reveals Africa’s cryptic cat
“It is a very cryptic animal. Almost nothing is known about it,” says Gary Aronsen.
Best of 2009 - Sep 15, 2009 5:00 - 3 Comments
BEST OF 2009: Not a monster. It’s Frankencamera
STANFORD (US)—A team of photo scientists is reinventing digital photography with the introduction of an open-source camera. Dubbed “Frankencamera,” the prototype will give programmers around the world the chance to create software that will teach cameras new tricks. (more…)
Society & Culture - May 13, 2009 16:10 - 0 Comments
Digital gallery reveals young, hopeful Castro
Fidel Castro is photographed in a journalist’s room in the Habana Libre Hotel, writing to the French ambassador. (Courtesy: Deena Stryker Photographs, Archive of Documentary Arts, Duke University)
Science & Technology - Apr 29, 2009 14:46 - 0 Comments
Say cheese! Scrambled light’s super-crisp shots
PRINCETON (US)—In photography, there are always trade-offs—zoom in for detail or go wide to capture the scene. An imaging method developed by Princeton University researchers could lead to lenses that reveal all parts of a panorama at once in high detail. The technique is designed to enhance resolution using normal light, allowing scientists to build microscopes and devices capable of so-called super-resolution. (more…)
